Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Oman

Oman: Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 57.13 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
57.13 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
155th
of 241 countries
All-time high
65.69 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
56.98 1000 ha
in 2013
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Oman, 1992–2022

02040601992200720221992: 65.7 1000 ha1993: 65.7 1000 ha1994: 65.7 1000 ha1995: 60.1 1000 ha1996: 59.6 1000 ha1997: 59.8 1000 ha1998: 59.8 1000 ha1999: 59.7 1000 ha2000: 59.5 1000 ha2001: 59 1000 ha2002: 58.9 1000 ha2003: 58.3 1000 ha2004: 57.5 1000 ha2005: 57.5 1000 ha2006: 57.4 1000 ha2007: 57.2 1000 ha2008: 57.1 1000 ha2009: 57 1000 ha2010: 57 1000 ha2011: 57 1000 ha2012: 57 1000 ha2013: 57 1000 ha2014: 57 1000 ha2015: 57 1000 ha2016: 57 1000 ha2017: 57 1000 ha2018: 57.4 1000 ha2019: 57.5 1000 ha2020: 57.3 1000 ha2021: 57.3 1000 ha2022: 57.1 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Oman recorded 57.13 1000 ha for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.

The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Oman peaked at 65.69 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 56.98 1000 ha, in 2013.

That places Oman 155th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 62 1000 ha 59.56 1000 ha 65.69 1000 ha 8
2000s 57.94 1000 ha 56.99 1000 ha 59.47 1000 ha 10
2010s 57.1 1000 ha 56.98 1000 ha 57.47 1000 ha 10
2020s 57.25 1000 ha 57.13 1000 ha 57.33 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Oman

  1. 152 Iceland 76.98 1000 ha compare
  2. 153 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 70.86 1000 ha compare
  3. 154 Israel 63.36 1000 ha compare
  4. 156 Bahamas 46.74 1000 ha compare
  5. 157 Fiji 46.32 1000 ha compare
  6. 158 Haiti 45.99 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Oman?
Shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Oman was 57.13 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Oman?
The highest recorded value was 65.69 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Oman?
The lowest recorded value was 56.98 1000 ha in 2013.
How does Oman rank for shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Oman ranks 155th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is shrub-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Oman?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Oman data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.